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warren stares JOHN HEGGEN, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

CLOTHES DRIER.

Application filed September 13, 1924.

This invention relates to clothes-driers and more especially to improvements in the drier illustrated and described in U. S. Patent No. 893,167, issued July 1 1 1908.

The object of my improvements is to provide a clothes-drier of this general type which will be of inexpensive and durable construction and which will be more convenient to operate.

Other objects'and advantages of the invention will appear in the following specification; V

The invention consists in the novel con struction, adaptation and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, v

v Figure 1 is a side elevation of a clothesdrier, embodying my invention showing the drier-arms in a horizontal operative position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the upper portion of the same, parts being broken away and with one of the carriers and the drier-arms associated therewith illustrated in a depending position. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the standard and lower portion of the vertieally-movable post memher. I Fig. 4 is a detail vertical sectional view of the head and one-of the carriers and a drier-arrn. Fig. 5'is a detail sectional View on line 55 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the post head member.

In said drawing, the reference numeral 10 represents a vertically disposed standard of a substantially U shapein horizontal section and is designed to bes'ecuredto a wall of a building. Said standard may be secured to the wall directly or througlrthe medium of transversely arranged cleats 11 which are fastened to the standard and of suflicient lengths to enable the same to be secured as by means of screws to adjacent frame elements of the wall structure. As shown in Figs. 1 and 5, the standard is of laminated construction, such as a'series of veneer boards although it is not intended toso limit the invention. 12 represents a bar or post movable vertically in the groove 13 of said standard.

The post 12 is formed at each side thereof with a longitudinally disposed groove let into which extend guides 15 which are shown as plates secured to the front faces of the side elements 16 of the standard.

For -conveniently raising and lowering said post it is provided desirably with a inlet 17 to be grasped in the hand of Serial No. 737,523.

operator. Provided upon said standard is an attachment 18 having at each side ofthe post 12 an apertured ear 19 to receive the ends 20 of a pendent latch 21. This latch is preferably of wire formed to substantially the shape shown in Figs. 3 and 5 to afford a centrally disposed upwardly directed protuberance 22 which is engageable in any one of a series of apertures 23 provided in the post for retaining the latter at predetermined elevations.

Rigidly secured to the upper end of said post is a head piece 24 having at its opposite sides bracket elements 25 arranged in diverging relation with respect to each other as represented in Figs. 2 and 6.

Each of said brackets is provided adjacent the outer end thereof in its top with a stop 26. Also provided in each bracket is a cavity 27 arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 6.

The forward portion 28 of said cavity is of a substantially circular form and in proximity of its rear the cavity communicates with a slot 29 which extends upwardly to the top surface of the respective bracket. The front wall of said slot is of a length to provide thereon a portion or stop 30 located below the level of the lower end of the rear wall of the slot. Theperipheral wall at 32 of the cavit 27 also serves as a stop for the purpose to be presently explained.

According to the present invention there is provided two groups of drier-arms and 33 which, adjacent to one end of each, are respectively attached by means of pivot pins 34 to bearing-plate elements 35 of the carriers 36 and 36 37 represents a plate acting supplementary to a bearing plate 35 of a carrier to receive the ends of the pivot pins 34. Formed integral with and extending rearwardly from the bearing element 35 of each carrier are complementary arms 38 spaced apart to receive the associated bracket 25 therebetween and which are connected near their rear ends by means of a bridge element 39 of a substantially oblong shape, preferably in transverse section. lhe width of a bridge element 39 is less than the depth of the large forward portion 28 of the cavity 27 thereby permitting the bridge element to be rotated therein when the carrier is to be swung from the depending position in which a --A. 1t illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. a into the drier-arms.

a position to enable the bridge to be moved into the rear-end of the cavity 27,- as shown by full lines in Fig. i. A bridge 39, furthermore, is of a thickness to permit being passed from one end to the other end of the cavity 27 and also through the bracket slot 29 and also into the cavity 27 when the respective carrier and its arms are temporarily held approximately vertically above the bracket.

The operation of the invention is as follows: When the drier is not in use the carriers 36, 36 and the drier-arms 33, 33 are generally allowed to hang from the brackets 25 as illustrated with respect to the carrier 36 and drier-arms 33 in Fig. 2, and by dotted lines 36 and 33 in Fig. 4.

When it is desired to use the drier, the post 12 is moved to bring the carriers within convenient reach of the operator who thereupon regulates the carriers to support the drier-arms in horizontal positions. Sue} regulating is accomplished by first swinging each carrier and the drier-arms therefor forwardly and upwardly from their dotted line positions 36 and 33 in Fig. 4, with the arms substantially horizontal then pushing the carrier rearwardly until the bridge ele" ment 39 of the carrier is to the rear of the bracket stop 30 and below the stop 32 and have the bearing plate 35, of the carrier seatupon the bracketto engage against the stop 26. After both of the carriers are thus adjusted, the articles to be dried are hung upon The operator then pushes the post upwardly to enable the latch 21 engaging within a post recess 23 which is suitably locatedfor retaining the post to support the drier-arms at a desired elevation.

After disengaging the latch from the pole,

- the latter may be lowered for removing articles from the' drier-arms.

In the present nvention each group of drier-arms is independently ,movable as a unit into operativeand inoperative positions by regulating the associated carrier with respect to the bracket therefor of the pole, and both groups of drier-arms are eoincidently raised and lowered withthe pole.

What I claim, is, v 1

1. A clothes drier comprising a vertical post, an adjustable standard carried by said post, a head on said standard having a plu- *ality of arms radially disposed, drier arm I carriers mounted on said radial arms, and drying arms radially mounted on and pivotally secured to said carriers, and co-operating means on saidradial'carrier arms, and

said carriers, whereby the drier arms may be supported in rigidhorizontal positions, and allowed to hang vertically when not in use, said carriers being formed withbearing plates, and with relatively narrow vertically flattened spaced plates, adapted to receive the radial arms of the said head and to be to the latter that-they may be lHtBIlOCKBCliD horizontal positions or swung into vertical I posit-ions. v

3." A clothes drier as claimed in claim 1, in which the spaced platesof the standard head are formed with slots having constricted openings, for the reception. of inter? locking means on the carriers, and the carriers are horizontally adjustable for engagement with said slot,and disengagement therefrom. v v v Signed at Seattle,'VVash., this 21st day of August, 1924:. V

" JOHNHEGG'EN'. 

